Toy windmill



Aug. 14, 1923.

T. LESZCZYNSKI TOY WINDMILL Filed March 4. 1922 2 sheets-'sheet 1 Fla, z

Aug. 14, 1923. mwmw T. LESZCZYNSKI TOY WINDMILL Filed March 4, 1922 2Sheets-Sheet 2 i Petented Aug. Mt, 'i

'rnnnnsz nszozYNsKI, on Tonno, oHIo.

TOY WNDMIYLL.

' Appucafin'fiiea March 4; 1922 seriai No. 540,981.

Be it known that L'TDnUsz LEszozYNsKI, tt citizen of'Poland, residing'atToledo, 1n

thettcount of Lncals'and State ,of Ohio,

-have' inven'ted certain inewend usefnl m provementfszin Toyl/Vindinills, of which the following 'liste' specification;V

This inventionrelates to certain n'ew and *useful iinprovenents in toy'windmills 'and :'embo'diesa wind wheeldriven shaft 'adapt- 'f edto'drive'areclprocatingsaw bla-de 'with zt'figure 4toy piot'tllystqepoii'tediipon the frame work "ofthefdevicej end helving a.

4 fe; further 'link ai'inicnnectionwith opposite ends Vof 15 Object fthe invefion resides in'the prov'ision of a windmilltoy of the the-wind'wheeltare reversibly fiin'otinted upon e bloclrior disk 'fixed to thepower shaft tov -V provide for rotation of'the power shti'ft in:

" type above set forth wherein the blades of V opbo'site directions.

-TNith'the above -genera1'- objects in view 'the invention 'consists ofthe novel combintion and armngement of parts hereinefter *more fullydescribed `lift-'connection with accompenylng drawlngs, 'and in` Vwhich'like 1 reference *cliftreicters .designat'e c(`)rrespond-` ing parts'thronghout the'severztl Views.

In the drztwingsE-M Fignre 1171511y Vside elevetional lvi'ew, pen tially'broken away of the windn'nll toy con- 'st'icted in hccord'tnce with thepresent in- "taken onfiline 1133-11 of Figire E1- showing.H ee

the power 'haft'wond the Crank 'arin carried 4'thereby-:for attachnent'to' `the sewiblade,

Figure'fi's ,afve'rtical sectional view 'taken nected' to the saw blade,

F'igm'e 4---is a fragmentary 'side elevational view of the wind wheelshowing the i'ota'tabie' Vnmnting` for f the wind wheel blalde 'end Vtheadjustin'g' ring for reversing 'in Fig'. 2. The vposts 1 end 2 extend to:L

in Figni'es lt and 5, en integ'reljemn 19 en Figure 5 is adetailsectional view taken on line V-V of Figre 41-' showing one of theguides foi` the edjusting' rin,

Figure 6 is a deteil sectionel View taken, 7 on line-`VI'-`\I'of Figure11 showing' the rotatztble'inoiunting for the wheelblade and i the'adjusting ring`` in toothed engagen'ient therewith', and i Figiire 47is a 'detail sectional 'view taken online VII-VII of Figuretsho'win'the''V `pinion for adjusting the blade shifting ring.

Beferi'ing inore in detail to the acompzi` nying drawings, 'endparticularly to Fignres 1 and'f, there is illust'ated e windmill tovembodying` a frame structure including: perpendici'ilar posts 1, 2 and3, the side "posts 2 and 3 being connected by bmce bars 4, -while a baseplatform section 5 extends between the posts 1 'and 2, as cleerly showngreater height vthan the posts '3 and [are connected et their upper endsby 'bra-ce bars 6.. As shown i'n Figures 1 to 3, a power .sha'ft 7 is''journ'ztled in betring' boxes 8 carried by cross braces 9 extendingbetween the posts v2 and ndjacent each end of the frame structure.

A pir of figiire toys having 'link arin. connection with the o'pposite'ends of a saw Jblade are 'connected' to the power shaft 7, each toyincluding a pair of legs 10 rigidly mounted upon one of the upper crossbraces '6 as shown' in Figure 3, while the legs 10 of the 'other figur'eare `Vrizidly Inounted 'upon the base platform `vsection 5. A bodyport'ion 11 'is pivotally mounted as at 12 between the 'upper ends ofthe Vlegs 1'0 vand *carri'es a pair of link rms' 13 that are pivotallyconnected to the `opposite ends of a sttw blade 14. 'As shown in FigureQ, the power s'heft 7 carries al crenk'arm 15 that is connected to thelink arrn of the lower fig'ure -nd the saw bla-de 14 ls clearlyillustrated.

The wind wheel 'associated with the powei' LUK tends outwardly of eachrecessed portion 17 having the onter face thereof adjacent the outer endof the arm recessed as at 20 with the bottom wall of the recess having`a groove 217 the recess being; closed by a block 22 retained in positionon the arm 19 by fastening devices 23t An annnlar band. or ring 24 isreceived in the grooves 21 of the bracket arms 19 for concentricrotation relative to the disk 16 and is retained in position in the arms19 by the several blocks 22 associated with said arm. i

A blade 25 is associated with each disk projection 18, the specificm'ounting' being` more clearly shown in Figures l' and 6, `the inner endof each blade carrying a shaft 26 circumferentially toothed as at 27adiacent the 'inner end thereof while the eX- treme inner end of theshaft 26 is reduced and swivelly mounted asat 28 'in a recess 29 formedin the onter end of' the projection 18; As shown in Figrnre '6, one sideface of the ring' 211 is provided with rack teeth 80 nieshinp; with theteeth 27 upon the shaft 2G7 shifting' movenient of the ring 24V relativeto said shafts 26 imparting ro- Vtary movement to said shafts'forreversing the feathering po'sition of the blades 25.1-

The shifting means for thering 21'includes a bracke't 31 mounted 1n oneof the recesses 17 V'as shown inV Figures 11 and 7, sald Abracketrotatably supporting the shaft 321 that carries a pinion 33 in mesh withratchet teeth 811 provided upon the inner side of the ring, one end ofthe shaft 32 carrying 'a wrench receiving projection to effect rotationthereof. To hold the pinion and ring 24 in adjusted position, a-catchpin35'on the bracket 31 is moved in'to enn'ag'ement with said pinion asclearly shown. in Figure 7.

From the above detaileddescription of the device it is believed that theconstruction and loperation thereof will at once be apparent, it beingnoted that the wind wheel' being' operated by wind pressure, the powershaft 7 is rotated thereby and' through the medium of the crank Va-rrn15 upon said shaft the saw blade 14- is reciprocated by the link arinconnection 13 between the saw blade vand the 'toy fig'ures creating theimpression 'of said. toy figures operatingpthe saw; Toreverse thedirection of rotation of wind wheel, the spring catchv is re-' leasedfrom the pin33 as shown in Fig'nres 4 and 7 and awrench supplied to thekey end of the shaft 32 will rotate said pinion and cause a shifting`moveinent of the ring 24 relative to the shaft 26 of 'the wind wheel.blade 25, the engagement 27-30 between saidring and' shaft reversing thefeatherino' position of said blades. i

lWhile there .is herein shown and described the preferred embodiments ofmy:

invention, it is lto be understood that minor changes in theconstruction, combinationV and arrangement of parts maybe made withoutdeparting fromV the spirit and scope of the invention.

flaving` thus described the what I claim is invention,

1. A'windmill toy of the class described7 coinprising a frame,- a powersha-ft ]our-.

naled therein, a wind wheel fixed to one end of the power shaft,V acrank arm carried by the other end thereof, a pair of figure toyssupported on said frame, link arms carried by said figure toys', a sawblade connected a't its opposite ends to said link arms and to saldCrank arnnsaid wind wheel including' a dlsk fixed to said powershaft,

radial 'blades swiveled in said disk, bracket i arms carried by 'saiddiskand projectingV radially therefrom andrmeans engaging said bladesand guided` by the bracket arm for reversing the featheringV positionsof said blades, i

2. id windrnill Vradial blades swiveled in'said disksybracket armscarried by said disks and Vprojecting radially therefrom, a ringadjustably mount-V ed in said bracket arinsrand a toothed'engagementbetween said ring and blades for reversing the feathering positions ofthe blade.

3. A windmill toy of the class described,

toy of the class described, comprising a frame,V aV power 'shaft Jour-Vcomprising a frame, a power shaftfjourV naled thereim a wind wheel fixedto one end of the power shaft, a crank'arm car- '110i ried by the otherVend thereof, afpair of figure toys supported on said frame,- link armscarried -by said figure toysa sawv blade connected at its opposite endto Vsaid link arm and to said crank arin, said lWind wheel including adisk fixed to said' power shaft,V

radial blades swiveled in said diskJ bracket radia'lly therefroin', a.ring'adjustably mounted in said'bracket arms, a toothed engage- 'mentbetween said ring and blade,.and`

means for shifting said ring to reverse the feathering positions of theblade;

4. A windmill toy of .the class described, comprising' a frame, a" powershaft journaled therein, a wind wheel fixed to one end of the powershaft, a crank' arm ear-V ried by the other end thereof,i a pair offigz'ure toys supported on said' frame, link arms carried by said fizuretoys a saw blade connected at its opposite end vto said 'arms carried bysaid disk |and projecting i 1,48%,998 w i Q ai'm and to said crankiarm,said Wind wheel rotfatably supported on said disk, an gear including adisk fixed w said power shaft, teeth formed on a portion of the innerface radal blades vswiveled in'salid disk, bra-eket of said ring meshng,With said pinion to 10 armsrcarried by Vsal-id disk andV projectingveffect shifting movement of saidrring. 0 radially therefromringadjustably mount- In tstimony whereef I aflix my Vsi .g'ir1a'= ed insaid bracket arms, Va toothed engage-V tura. j i w w Inent between saidring and blade, a pinion TADEUSZ LESZCZYNSKI.

